Ginia Bellafante
Encyclopedia
Ginia Bellafante is an American
writer and critic for the New York Times. She has also written for Time
magazine.
Her writing has been criticized for its superficial treatment of gender issues: Her 1998 Time cover story "Is Feminism Dead?" was critiqued by Erica Jong
. According to Jong, "Time ‘s idiotic cover story on feminism is, in short, a symptom of what’s wrong, not an analysis". Salon.com
described it as "poorly thought-out". Her 2011 New York Times review of the TV series Game of Thrones
was widely criticized as sexist for suggesting that only sexual content might motivate women to watch a complex fantasy story. Her review of the first season finale of The Killing
was criticized for "criticizing a show for an ending they didn’t use".. Sent to report on Occupy Wall Street by the New York Times, she produced an article that was widely considered to be shallow, callous, and ignorant of history.
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writer and critic for the New York Times. She has also written for Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
magazine.
Her writing has been criticized for its superficial treatment of gender issues: Her 1998 Time cover story "Is Feminism Dead?" was critiqued by Erica Jong
Erica Jong
Erica Jong is an American author and teacher best known for her fiction and poetry.-Career:A 1963 graduate of Barnard College, and with an M.A...
. According to Jong, "Time ‘s idiotic cover story on feminism is, in short, a symptom of what’s wrong, not an analysis". Salon.com
Salon.com
Salon.com, part of Salon Media Group , often just called Salon, is an online liberal magazine, with content updated each weekday. Salon was founded by David Talbot and launched on November 20, 1995. It was the internet's first online-only commercial publication. The magazine focuses on U.S...
described it as "poorly thought-out". Her 2011 New York Times review of the TV series Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones (TV series)
Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. Based on author George R. R. Martin's best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels, the first of which is called A Game of Thrones, the television series debuted in...
was widely criticized as sexist for suggesting that only sexual content might motivate women to watch a complex fantasy story. Her review of the first season finale of The Killing
The Killing
The Killing is a 1956 film noir produced by James B. Harris and directed by Stanley Kubrick. It was written by Kubrick and Jim Thompson and based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White...
was criticized for "criticizing a show for an ending they didn’t use".. Sent to report on Occupy Wall Street by the New York Times, she produced an article that was widely considered to be shallow, callous, and ignorant of history.